Kid Elberfeld Stats

Kid Elberfeld was born on Tuesday, April 13, 1875, in Pomeroy, Ohio. Elberfeld was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on May 30, 1898, with the Philadelphia Phillies. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Kid Elberfeld baseball stats page.

"He couldn't lick (Ty) Cobb, he weighed only 150 pounds, but he never stopped trying. When Cobb came into the bag and (Kid) Elberfeld was covering, we'd just stand around with our arms folded for the next few minutes and watch the goings-on, until one or both of 'em were thrown out of the game. They didn't call him Tabasco Kid because he was shy." - Clark Griffith in The Washington Post (1944 Clipping)

Birth Name:	Norman Arthur Elberfeld
Nickname:	Kid or The Tabasco Kid
Born On:	04-13-1875 (Aries)
Born In:	Pomeroy, Ohio
Died On:	01-13-1944 (500 Oldest Living)
Died In:	Chattanooga, Tennessee
Cemetery:	Chattanooga Memorial Park, Chattanooga, Tennessee

High School:	None Attended
College:	None Attended
Bats:	Right	Throws:	Right
Height:	5-07	Weight:	158
First Game:	05-30-1898 (Age 23)
Last Game:	09-24-1914
Draft:	Not Applicable

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Kid Elberfeld Kid Elberfeld Hitting Stats
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1898	23	Phillies	14	38	1	9	4	0	0	0	7	5	-	-	2	-	7	-	.237	.420	.342
1899	24	Reds	41	138	23	36	4	2	0	0	22	15	-	-	2	-	11	-	.261	.378	.319
1901	26	Tigers	121	432	76	133	21	11	3	0	76	57	-	-	12	-	7	-	.308	.397	.428
1902	27	Tigers	130	488	70	127	17	6	1	0	64	55	-	-	8	-	11	-	.260	.348	.326
1903	28	Tigers	35	132	29	45	5	3	0	0	19	11	-	-	1	-	5	-	.341	.412	.424
1903	28	Highlanders	90	349	49	100	18	5	0	0	45	22	-	-	4	-	10	-	.287	.346	.367
1904	29	Highlanders	122	445	55	117	13	5	2	0	46	37	-	-	16	-	13	-	.263	.337	.328
1905	30	Highlanders	111	390	48	102	18	2	0	0	53	23	-	-	20	-	16	-	.262	.329	.318
1906	31	Highlanders	99	346	59	106	11	5	2	0	31	30	-	-	7	-	10	-	.306	.378	.384
1907	32	Highlanders	120	447	61	121	17	6	0	0	51	36	-	-	9	-	13	-	.271	.343	.336
1908	33	Highlanders	19	56	11	11	3	0	0	0	5	6	-	-	2	-	5	-	.196	.328	.250
1909	34	Highlanders	106	379	47	90	9	5	0	0	26	28	-	-	10	-	14	-	.237	.314	.288
1910	35	Senators	127	455	53	114	9	2	2	1	42	35	-	-	12	-	13	-	.251	.322	.292
1911	36	Senators	127	404	58	110	19	4	0	0	47	65	-	-	13	-	25	-	.272	.405	.339
1914	39	Robins	30	62	7	14	1	0	0	0	1	2	-	4	1	-	5	-	.226	.304	.242
Career			G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	GRSL	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG
14 Years			1,292	4,561	647	1,235	169	56	10	1	535	427	-	4	119	-	165	-	.271	.355	.339

Kid Elberfeld Kid Elberfeld Fielding Stats
Team	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
1898 Phillies	3B	14	-	-	39	2.8	31	13	18	8	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.795	0.00
1899 Reds	3B	18	-	-	76	4.2	67	26	41	9	3	n/a	n/a	n/a	.882	0.00
1899 Reds	SS	24	-	-	131	5.5	115	48	67	16	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.878	0.00
1901 Tigers	SS	121	-	-	819	6.8	743	332	411	76	62	n/a	n/a	n/a	.907	0.00
1902 Tigers	SS	130	-	-	852	6.6	785	326	459	67	63	n/a	n/a	n/a	.921	0.00
1903 Tigers	3B	1	-	-	1	1.0	1	1	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
1903 Tigers	SS	34	-	-	206	6.1	192	73	119	14	11	n/a	n/a	n/a	.932	0.00
1903 Highlanders	SS	90	-	-	561	6.2	513	222	291	48	40	n/a	n/a	n/a	.914	0.00
1904 Highlanders	SS	122	-	-	717	5.9	669	237	432	48	44	n/a	n/a	n/a	.933	0.00
1905 Highlanders	SS	108	-	-	618	5.7	561	244	317	57	35	n/a	n/a	n/a	.908	0.00
1906 Highlanders	SS	98	-	-	559	5.7	517	200	317	42	18	n/a	n/a	n/a	.925	0.00
1907 Highlanders	SS	118	-	-	747	6.3	695	295	400	52	31	n/a	n/a	n/a	.930	0.00
1908 Highlanders	SS	17	-	-	95	5.6	87	36	51	8	2	n/a	n/a	n/a	.916	0.00
1909 Highlanders	3B	44	-	-	160	3.6	153	62	91	7	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.956	0.00
1909 Highlanders	SS	61	-	-	331	5.4	312	134	178	19	24	n/a	n/a	n/a	.943	0.00
1910 Senators	2B	10	-	-	41	4.1	38	21	17	3	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.927	0.00
1910 Senators	3B	113	-	-	384	3.4	362	139	223	22	15	n/a	n/a	n/a	.943	0.00
1910 Senators	SS	3	-	-	15	5.0	11	6	5	4	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	.733	0.00
1911 Senators	2B	68	-	-	347	5.1	332	146	186	15	23	n/a	n/a	n/a	.957	0.00
1911 Senators	3B	52	-	-	219	4.2	203	87	116	16	11	n/a	n/a	n/a	.927	0.00
1914 Robins	2B	1	-	-	4	4.0	4	2	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	1.000	0.00
1914 Robins	SS	18	-	-	71	3.9	64	31	33	7	6	n/a	n/a	n/a	.901	0.00
Career	POS	G	GS	OUTS	TC	TC/G	CH	PO	A	E	DP	PB	CASB	CACS	FLD%	RF
SS Totals		944	0	0	5,722	6.1	5,264	2,184	3,080	458	343	n/a	n/a	n/a	.920	0.00
3B Totals		242	0	0	879	3.6	817	328	489	62	36	n/a	n/a	n/a	.929	0.00
2B Totals		79	0	0	392	5.0	374	169	205	18	24	n/a	n/a	n/a	.954	0.00
14 Years		1,265	-	-	6,993	5.5	6,455	2,681	3,774	538	403	n/a	n/a	n/a	.923	0.00

Kid Elberfeld Kid Elberfeld Miscellaneous Stats
Baserunning Statistics				Other Positions			Common Hitting Ratios			Common Pitching Ratios
Team	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
1898 Phillies	0	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	5.4	-	-	-
1899 Reds	5	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	6.3	-	-	-
1901 Tigers	23	-	-	0	0	n/a	144.0	0.0	5.7	-	-	-
1902 Tigers	19	-	-	0	0	n/a	488.0	0.0	7.6	-	-	-
1903 Tigers	6	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	6.9	-	-	-
1903 Highlanders	16	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	7.8	-	-	-
1904 Highlanders	18	-	-	0	0	n/a	222.5	0.0	9.7	-	-	-
1905 Highlanders	18	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	7.4	-	-	-
1906 Highlanders	19	-	-	0	0	n/a	173.0	0.0	11.2	-	-	-
1907 Highlanders	22	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	8.8	-	-	-
1908 Highlanders	1	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	11.2	-	-	-
1909 Highlanders	23	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	14.6	-	-	-
1910 Senators	19	-	-	0	0	n/a	227.5	0.0	10.8	-	-	-
1911 Senators	24	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	0.0	8.6	-	-	-
1914 Robins	0	-	-	0	0	n/a	0.0	15.5	62.0	-	-	-
Career	SB	CS	SB%	PH	PR	DH	AB/HR	AB/K	AB/RBI	K/BB	K/9	BB/9
14 Years	213	-	-	0	0	n/a	456.1	1,140.3	8.5	-	-	-

Kid Elberfeld Kid Elberfeld Miscellaneous Items of Interest
Team \| Roster	Uniform Numbers	Salary	All-Star	World Series
1898 Philadelphia Phillies	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1899 Cincinnati Reds	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1901 Detroit Tigers	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1902 Detroit Tigers	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1903 Detroit Tigers	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1903 New York Highlanders	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1904 New York Highlanders	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	n/a
1905 New York Highlanders	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1906 New York Highlanders	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1907 New York Highlanders	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1908 New York Highlanders	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1909 New York Highlanders	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1910 Washington Senators	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1911 Washington Senators	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
1914 Brooklyn Robins	n/a	Undetermined	n/a	-
Kid Elberfeld Stats by Baseball Almanac

When the Detroit Tigers played their first regular season game in franchise history, on April 25, 1901 (defeating the Milwaukee Brewers 14-13 in Bennett Park), the truly historic starting nine were: Emil Frisk (P), Fritz Buelow (C), Pop Dillon (1B), Kid Gleason (2B), Doc Casey (3B), Kid Elberfeld (SS), Kid Nance (LF), Jimmy Barrett (CF) and Ducky Holmes (RF)!

Detroit Tigers First Game

Detroit Tigers First Game | April 25, 1901 | The Detroit Free Press | Page 10
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